1. A. A supplier may elect to use supplier-consolidated billing upon receiving licensing that authorizes the provision of supplier-consolidated billing.
2. B. When an authorized supplier elects to use supplier-consolidated billing, a utility and a supplier shall transmit consumption, billing, payment, and related data to each other using electronic transactions approved by the Commission.
3. C. A utility may not obligate a supplier to purchase a customer’s arrears from the utility or from another supplier.

4. D. Utility Access to Supplier Bills for Supplier-Consolidated Billing.

   1. (1) A supplier providing supplier-consolidated billing services shall make a customer’s bill available to the utility in an electronic format.

   2. (2) A utility provided access to a customer’s supplier-consolidated billing information that includes supplier charges may not:

      1. (a) Use the information to market sales service;
      2. (b) Use the information to research or market other utility service; or
      3. (c) Without Commission authorization, share any information the utility gains through access to the supplier bill with the utility’s nonregulated affiliates or any other nongovernmental entity.

Authority: Public Utilities Article, §§2-113, 2-121, 5-101, 7-507, 7-511, and 7-601—7-606, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations.01—.04 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 16, 2009 (36:17 Md. R. 1311); adopted permanently effective October 5, 2009 (36:20 Md. R. 1532)

Regulation .02E adopted effective March 7, 2022 (49:5 Md. R. 367)

Regulation .03C amended effective March 14, 2016 (43:5 Md. R. 387)

Regulations .05—.11 adopted effective March 7, 2022 (49:5 Md. R. 367)